LiveBlog: Germany vs. Portugal

July 8th, 2006 | by: WC Bob |

A second half charge leads Germany to victory and to a third place finish at the 2006 World Cup. Portugal gave a good effort but they were unable to overcome a German team determined to go out in style. You can read the play-by-play below and leave your thoughts about the game and the team.

Final: Germany 3-1 Portugal

Full time That’s it from Stuttgart where the host nation comes away with a win and finishes the World Cup in Third Place. It wasn’t the best game and it wasn’t the worst, but it did open up in the second half to provide us with some entertainment. Thanks for joining me tonight. See you tomorrow at this very location. Pleasant dreams.

89:45 Worth noting that a quality player like Figo didn’t have to come into this game as a late sub and play hard but he has been wonderful. Good to see him go out playing like that.

89:05 This game has given us all we could expect from a Third Place game. A fair number of goals and a win by the host country. All in all, it could have been worse.

87:09 GOALLLLLLL!!!! Nuno Gomes gets a ball from Figo and dives to head it past Kahn. Nice goal as Gomes kisses his hand in celebration.

86:08 Neuville takes a cross and hits it over the bar. Will we see one more?

85:00 Just a reminder that I will be back tomorrow to LiveBlog the final. It would be swell if you could join me again as we put the finishing touches on the 2006 World Cup.

83:28 Kahn could have been starting keeper for probably 27 teams in this competition. He is still on his game. Lehmann was excellent too.

82:07 No team has ever finished in fourth place two times. Portugal will be the 17th different team to have the honor. Germany will finish third for the third time in its history.

81:12 All that is left to be decided is whether Kahn will get a shutout. Given Portugal’s inability to score I would say he will.

78:43 Schweinsteiger is rewarded for his pair of goals by being replaced by Thomas Hitzlsperger, who plays his club ball in Stuttgart. Schweinsteiger will receive Man of the Match honors tonight, but that body under the shirt. Get a tan, son.

77:39 GOALLLLLLL!!!! Bastian Schweinsteiger with another blast into the net and he rips off his shirt in celebration. Great goal from the midfielder.

77:10 Figo with a shot right away and Kahn shows he is a robot.

77:03 Pauleta hands over the captain’s armband to Figo and takes his seat on the bench where he can remember his one goal of the tournament.

76:02 Luis Figo set to come on and he looks not very interested in seeing garbage time minutes in a third place game.

74:46 Big Phil looking like he is about to cry on the sideline. He did a nice job with this Portugal team. I think they overachieved this tournament.

72:23 So what do you think? Will Germany be a force to reckon with in the Euro 2008? They do have a lot of nice young talent, but how much have they been aided by playing at home?

70:39 Mike Hanke makes his World Cup debut for Germany coming in for Lukas Podolski. Once again the Best Young Player didn’t show me much.

69:45 Pauleta shows more energy calling for a hand ball than he has this entire tournament. It wasn’t a hand ball from the look of the replay.

69:03 Nuno Gomes coming on for Nuno Valente. By FIFA rule you can only have one player named Nuno on the pitch at one time.

68:02 Portugal’s biggest problem has been a lack of a target up front and that continues to be the case tonight.

65:59 Simao goes to the turf but it is only to show us his tattoo on his arm.

65:29 Klose will have to hope that Henry doesn’t net a hat trick tomorrow and steal the Golden Shoe away from him.

64:23 Lahm dispossesses Ronaldo and a horn blows outside my apartment. Klose comes off and Nueville is on. A bit surprised he isn’t left on to try for another one but a very good tournament for Klose.

62:04 Tough break for Portugal but now the game should really open up and the home crowd can go home happy. The only thing left is a Klose goal. Deco with a break away that challenges Kahn but the legend is up to the task.

60:23 GOALLLLLL!!!! Podolski taken down by Farriera and that earns the Portugal player a card. Free kick for Germany is kicked in by a Portugal player. Petit with an own goal.

59:48 Klose with a long cross and Lahm hammers it with a full volley that just goes over the bar. Germany has woken up and is looking for more fun.

58:12 That goal almost makes this game worth it. Heck, watching another 90 minutes of World Cup football is not so bad. I apologize for my previous agony. Now let’s see a few more good goals and call it a night.

56:49 Heck of a shot from Schweinsteiger. The ball just swerved through the air and made the usually inflappable Ricardo look mortal.

55:29 GOALLLLLLLL!!! Bastian Schweinsteiger with a blast that beats Ricardo and puts Germany int he lead.

54:01 This game CAN’T end 0-0. I refuse to let that happen.

52:23 Pauleta cuts it back in the box and he gets a weak shot on goal that Kahn saves. It is hard to believe Pauleta is the all time leading scorer for Portugal. He is largely useless.

50:42 Maniche with a long run that leads to a call in his favor. Portugal with a free kick just outside the area. Simao still wearing a shirt three sizes too small. He hits it too high and Portugal’s long scoring drought continues.

48:39 Kehl with a nifty back heel that leads to a cross. Kehl is having a nice game for Germany.

47:15 There was a nice shot of Klinsmann and Big Phil laughing with one another at halftime. I get the feeling that if I had either one over for dinner I would like them.

46:00 Pauleta is called offside. We haven’t seen the flag raised much tonight. We shall see it quite a bit with Henry and the Italian forwards tomorrow night.

45:23 Petit is on for Costinha. The other 21 players are the same that we saw in the first half.

45:01 We’re back underway from Stuttgart where by law we are required to watch another 45 minutes of Third Place World Cup football. Let’s all put our collective heads together and pray that this does not go to extra time. Thanks for joining me. I know you could be out picking mushrooms or something so it is cool to have some people suffering with me during the match. The next half is going to be great. Just keep repeating that while you click your ruby slippers.

Halftime Stats Germany 3-2 shots on goal; Portugal 3-2 corner kicks, Portugal 57-43% possession, Portugal 10-8 fouls committed.

Halftime After 45 minutes of play we are still scoreless. It hasn’t been the most exciting Third Place game in history but there have been some shots, some dives and a few other things that have kept us all awake. I’m going to go practice my diving and will be back at the start of the second half. You are welcome to leave your thoughts on the past 45 minutes of your life.

44:07 Ronaldo beats a couple of players and then jumps up in the air before diving. The referee is not impressed and ignores the theatrics.

43:48 Portugal wins a corner kick after Frings clears it away. Nothing comes out of it and it looks like we will be headed to halftime without a goal.

42:34 Ballack on the bench laughing about the fact he isn’t out taking part in this game.

41:02 Both teams sort of muddling through this stretch of football kind of like I am muddling this way through the liveblog.

39:38 The wave breaks out in the stadium. It will be back four years from now. That is a promise.

38:01 Simao with a cross and Oliver Kahn is there to snare it away. Ronaldo with some more fancy passing that doesn’t really work.

36:36 The German crowd can no longer sing that song about going to Berlin. They are welcome to come here tomorrow their team won’t be playing though.

35:28 Beckenbauer in attendance tonight wearing a sporting blue tie. Good effort from The Kaiser this tournament. Next time I will take his place and attend 48 matches in person. He can do the liveblogging.

33:11 Frings blasts the free kick over the Portugal goal. We still haven’t seen a goal but this game hasn’t lacked for excitement. In that meaningless kind of exciting way.

32:18 Germany’s defense is like a forest of redwood trees. All of them are huge except for Lahm who might just have the biggest heart. Costinha picks up a yellow card. He might lead the World Cup in yellow cards.

30:49 Portugal back to the passing it around thing. Deco gets it finally and turns in the box. His shot is high and wide. Deco can be fun to watch.

29:01 Germany awarded another free kick near the box and Portugal is left to wonder why the referee doesn’t like them. Schneider takes it and it goes over the bar.

27:38 Klose by the side of the area goes down in a heap. German free kick. The Pig Man takes it and it is headed away without a worry.

26:12 Schneider is clipped down and looks close to death. He will live. The free kick however is dead on arrival with Ricardo snaring it.

24:02 Klose breaks free and he is held up by Costa who is shown a yellow card. Crafty move by Klose. Free kick for Germany outside the box. Podolski with the kick and Ricardo makes anothe big save to keep it scoreless.

22:38 Podolski is taken down and Germany gets a free kick from far out. It goes into the Portugal box and away harmlessly.

21:29 Typical kind of third place game where you see players not really sticking boots in and a lot of room for the midfielders to operate.

20:13 So far the German team has given the home crowd little reason to cheer. As I type that, Kehl puts a little chip on goal that extends Ricardo. Nifty little chip and nice save.

19:01 Portugal leading 60-40% in possession and that number is increasing by the second.

17:29 Portugal doing a nice job mounting the attack. Nice of Pauleta to finally show up for a game. He has been AWOL this tournament.

15:53 Ronaldo with step over move. Was that a new move? No need to answer that.

14:37 Pauleta brings it into the box and Oliver Kahn comes up with a big save. The old dude still has it.

13:39 Portugal free kick is swung in on goal and Oliver Kahn eats it like a rock star biting off the head of a chicken. Big Phil looking unconcerned on the sideline.

12:12 Kehl’s shot in the very beginning looked to hit a Portugal player in the hand in the box. Germany tv is showing it more often than the live action.

10:49 Ronaldo works his way into the box and lays it off for Simao who shows that he isn’t Luis Figo by blasting the shot high and wide.

10:00 I thought the point of this game was to have lots of goals. So far there are none but Germany is trying a little bit more than Portugal to change that.

9:28 Frings gets a shot off but it is as weak as one of his punches.

8:23 Ronaldo with a no look pass that goes to the German team. Klose on the other end gets the ball on the right side and drills is just wide. That wasn’t too Klose…grrr..been waiting to use that one.

6:58 Back to back calls against Germany. Frings is shown a yellow. The ref better be careful. That guy isn’t afraid to duke it out.

6:23 Frings back in the line up after serving his game suspension for pretending he was Muhammad Ali against Argentina.

5:02 Have to think that Germany will try its best to get Klose a goal so he can clinch the Golden Boot. Except if Podolski tries to steal the show.

3:38 Lahm gets tripped up by Nuno Valente and earns a free kick for Germany from the right side. Schneider takes it and it comes out to Kehl who volleys it towards goal. Corner kick.

2:39 Slow motion replay of Kahn yelling at his defender. That is a flashback to 2002.

2:02 Oliver Kahn with his first touch of the game and it is a clearance. Portugal controlling the possession.

:45 Portugal rolling it around and Nuno Valente takes a tumble. Pretty much sums up their World Cup.

Kickoff: We’re underway in Stuttgart for the Third Place match of the 2006 World Cup. Germany and Portugal are both playing for pride and to end the World Cup on a winning note. Thanks for joining me, instead of spending your day mowing the lawn. Your comments are appreciated. Please keep them clean, have fun and love one another. The game might be meaningless but your participation certainly is not.

3 Minute Countdown: Hey, let’s all hear the German national anthem one more time and see Jurgen Klinsmann’s mouth on television one more time. Oliver Khan is not the singing type. Wow, that was a close up of his face. The nightmares I’ll have tonight.

5 Minute Countdown: Portugal national anthem is fired up and the players are happy to hear it for another time. The third place kid escorts look a bit grumpy. They wish they were in tomorrow’s opening ceremony.

8 Minute Countdown: The crowd reminds us all that the game is being played in Deutschland. Cristiano Ronaldo reminds us all that mullets look bad.

9 Minute Countdown: Utterly disturbing image of the German Chancellor next to Sepp Blatter. She appeared to be dancing and/or blowing kisses. My eyesssssss……

10 Minute Countdown: The two teams are lined up in the tunnel. Germany is adorned in white shirts, black shorts and white socks. Portugal is wearing port color clothing from head to toe. No word on the color of their undershorts. The referee for tonight’s game is Toru Kamikawa from Japan. He weighs in at a svelt 76 kg, the precise amount of weight I have gained liveblogging 30+ matches this World Cup.

15 Minute Countdown: Did you know that Germany and Portugal have never met in the World Cup? Well, now you do. The teams have played each other 14 times with Germany winning 6, Portugal 3 and the two teams playing to a peaceful resolution 5 times. This is Germany’s fourth appearance in the Third Place match. They have won twice and lost once. Portugal has only been this far one other time. They finished third in 1966. Tonight’s liveblog is sponsored by my fingers and by a cold, clear, refreshing pilsner beer.

20 Minute Countdown: It was absurdly hot in Berlin the last two days and last night there was a thunderstorm of biblical proportions. I was stuck under a metal beer shed with six Australians and I feared for my life. The amount of beer those guys bought me was truly frightening. The weather in Stuttgart is a beautiful 23C/75F today. Should be ideal weather for the fans of Germany to pay one last tribute to their heroes and for fans everywhere to love and hate Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo.

25 Minute Countdown: Germany’s Lukas Podolski was named the recipient of the Best Young Player Award a couple of days ago and tonight his partner up front Miroslav Klose can almost all but lock up the Golden Boot award that goes to the tournament’s top goal scorer with another goal or two. Klose has five goals heading into the match and his only realistic challenger is France’s Thierry Henry who has three goals. The thing that has impressed me the most about Klose is not his goal scoring but his ability to pass. By the way, my favorite German commentator is calling tonight’s game. The man, the legend: Fritz von Thurn und Taxis. What a name!

30 Minute Countdown: Germany is missing captain Michael Ballack, Per Mertesacker, Tim Borowski and Arne Friedrich for today’s game due to injury. Portugal will be without Ricardo Carvalho due to suspension and Miguel because of injury. Luis Figo is on the bench and presumably will get the night off because he kinds of deserves a night off after all these years. Not nights off for me. I haven’t missed a game yet and for better or for worse my fingers will be working overtime tonight, although if it goes to extra time I will probably cry. Here are the 22 men who will start the game and more likely than not fade from your memory long before the World Cup kicks off again in 2010.

Germany
12. Oliver Kahn, 2. Marcel Jansen, 4. Robert Huth, 5. Sebastian Kehl, 7. Bastian Schweinsteiger, 8. Torsten Frings, 11. Miroslav Klose, 16. Philipp Lahm, 19. Bernd Schneider, 20. Lukas Podolski, 21. Christoph Metzelder

Portugal
1. Ricardo, 2. Paulo Ferreira, 4. Ricardo Costa, 5. Fernando Meira 6. Costinha, 9. Pauleta, 11. Simão, 14. Nuno Valente, 17. Cristiano Ronaldo, 18. Maniche, 20. Deco

40 Minute Countdown: The Third Place match traditionally allows coaches for both sides to give their younger players some playing experience in the World Cup. Such is the case for Germany tonight, except at the keeper position where Oliver Kahn will make his 2006 World Cup debut. The winner of the Golden Ball as the best player in 2002, Kahn has been cheerleading, kind of, for Jens Lehmann this tournament. Tonight he gets the nod as coach Jurgen Klinsmann makes a classy move and allows Kahn to receive the adulation of the German fans at least one last time.

50 Minute Countdown: Well, it is the game that neither team wanted to play in, but both Germany and Portugal have showed up in Stuttgart so we might as well throw out eleven players for each side and kick the ball around. The game doesn’t carrying much meaning but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun to watch. I’ve been going through football withdraw the past couple of days so it shall be nice to watch a 90 minute game as an appetizer for an epic day tomorrow. Starting lineups and musings on life coming your way faster than a Tour de France time trial.

What is your prediction for this critical third place game?

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dietmar

i think i will still get heart palpatations…lol
Kahn

This game will be worth watching if only to wach Kahn in action again!!
dan

hahaha! Is that Kahn writing about himself? :)

Hm..I’ll upset the form book by suggesting a Portugal win here, on penalties too.
Gus

I’d like to see Portugal win this one and Italy take the Cup tomorrow!
paddy

LOL
Well since this game is the “booby prize”………I guess it will have to be Ronaldo’s day.
Pete Bone

Germany deserve to win tonight because they put on such a great tournament for the fans.
Andreia & Alex

Looking forward to the game and blog
http://sportssnob.wordpress.com Prashanth

Are you sure Germany and Portugal have never played before? earlier today a news channel here in India had the graphic that Germany had played portugal 7 times before in the WC!!
http://Argentina Cresp

Pauleta scores a 90th minute winner
http://sportsnob.wordpress.com Prashanth

oopps! wrong link :D
http://sportsnob.wordpress.com Prashanth

Germany should win this today.
Aqvamare

lasst uns feieren, let’s have party
http://Argentina Cresp

CR fouled!
http://Argentina Cresp

I wanna see Odonkor running at the Portugal defense
Trav

I think it would be fun if yellow cards earned in this game could be held against the player in 2010.
Rome

Kamikawa – already a big blunder. Not giving a penalty kick for N. Valente’s handball.
eve

Portgual should play more aggressively in this game. Ger is looking eagerly for the goal. Think they may get a lead first.
footbal-fan

I want this joker C. Ronaldo to ridicule himself again. Let the whole world see one more time what the loser he is
Sofia

Very proud of Portugal thus far.
http://blog.coolleen.com/ Col

Awesome shot by Kehl (and another awesome save by Ricardo).
Sven

football fan, hes probably 100 times better than you will ever be.
footbal-fan

Sofia – yes, we are all very proud of portugal, such a beatiful divers
Mihai

FYI: portuguese for ‘dive’ -> ‘mergulho’. In case you can hear the coach yelling this from the side of the field.
footbal-fan

Great shot by Kiehl!
eve

I hope Por will win. They play more exciting football.
footbal-fan

R. Costa is sucker! Deserved red card
http://blog.coolleen.com/ Col

Yet another stat: Portugal leads the 2006 World Cup competition with 22 yellow cards (R Costa just picking up one).
eve

good save!
Sofia

footbal fan —> All this hate towards Portugal is ridiculous. Every team dives, plenty of them worse then Portugal. Get over the bitterness.
footbal-fan

Ricardo is the only worthy player in Portugal (also Figu)
http://blog.coolleen.com/ Col

An awesome shot by Podolski and yet another awesome save by Ricardo. Without a doubt Richardo has been golden for Portugal this World Cup.
footbal-fan

Sofia – only all the teams dive, and Portugal is definitely has been the worse here. Is it Scholari influence?
footbal-fan

another dive from portugal
http://singapore eve

am hoping to see more goals in this match but still no action…:-(
Sofia

The only reason Portugal holds that stat is because of the Netherlands game – and the Netherlands were no saints either. Look at our past and you’ll see we are no collectors of cards.
http://singapore eve

Now that this game is no longer a crucial one, on a lighter note and a typical woman thing -Por players are much stylish too. It’s pleasuable watching them play.
footbal-fan

how about france game sofia?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QSHB-AQZ1E&feature=Discussed&page=1&t=t&f=b
http://singapore eve

I truly hope Deco will get a goal. He’s good.
Sven

what I dont get is why dont people talk about teams who moved forward only thanks to dives, something Portugal never did. Yes, that Italy and France.
Sofia

Yes, go get English commentary – that isn’t bias. I don’t condone the diving, I simply say that everyone does it. Ronaldo annoys me, and I’m Portuguese! Miguel’s fall was legit – he’s out for a month. Again, can we get over the bitterness?
http://blog.coolleen.com/ Col

Good save by Kahn.
http://blog.coolleen.com/ Col

I am bummed that Miguel is out — he was another player that was fun to watch – very skilled ball handler.
http://singapore eve

What the fuss over Ronaldo? in this world isnt getting ‘thing” done more crucial than ever? he may have engineered many unpleasant incidents but it takes 2 to tango.
Sofia

Sven – Exactly, I don’t understand the hate following Portugal. I know we were everything but favorites, but it’s just ridiculous now.
http://singapore eve

I hope Scholari can change his strategy during second half. this side is not creating scoring opportunities. I am hoping to see more goals and also Figo in action!
footbal-fan

Sofia – there are 2 possible reaasons why you dont udnerstand why the world despises this Portugal team:

1) either your moral values are the same as theirs (i.e. cheating, lying are normal things for you

2) or you are blinded by their good looks in a way that you dont see what a cheating low life scums they are

I think 2) is more likely with you and othe females like eve
footbal-fan

again dive from C. Ronaldo. What a loser! I guess he will say after the game that referee did not like them :)
What a loser :((
Sofia

Oh god, I was waiting for the “good looks” excuse. Can’t a chick enjoy football without being blinded by a pretty face? Neither of your intelligent reasons are accurate. But why don’t you tell me your reasons for disliking Portugal, besides the diving. With that logic you wouldn’t enjoy most of the teams that have played during the Cup.
http://dinorider.blogspot.com Dinorider

Cristiano Rolnaldo looked like playing ballet!

what a terrible actor!
CA KL LA

Refs don’t buy the dives any more… too bad the figured it out that late in the tournament.. could have saved England some grief.
http://sportsnob.wordpress.com Prashanth

Ronaldo- worst cheat football has ever seen? I felt sorry for him last season after he lost his dad but I dont anymore.
http://blue2rose.blogspot.com Blah-Me

Ronaldo is just so adorable. With his “fancy” little moves as Bob puts it!

:)

Portugal’s play so far has been impressive.
footbal-fan

Sofia – any reason besides diving necessary? They are disgrace to footbal, I like footbal too much, if I did not then I could be silent and dont care.

I am not saying other teams are not doing it. Italy, Argentine are famous. Other teams don’t do it, several players olny and I dont like them either. But Portugal 2006 is something….

Look at C. Ronaldo last dive against Germany? Am I blind, os it only me who saw the dive?
http://canada tony

ronaldo thinks its swan lake!! red cards must be coming soon!! cheating and diving continues!!
Griff

haha C ronaldo was looking at the ref even before he landed his dive
http://singapore eve

Come on, This is not a crucial game. just relax and enjoy so isnt it natural I start to observe things that are pleasurable to me. Moreover this game isnt that interesting.
http://dinorider.blogspot.com Dinorider

Swan Lake?

lol
http://singapore eve

Ronaldo may have dived but so do many others. he just did it badly so everyone caught him cheating. why condemns the one who get caught and silence at those who scot free? he is a talented player without doubt! I’ve watched him in European Cup 2004 and he has been consistently skilful. Need to sharpen his finishing though.
Sepp

Germany won’t be able to win.
Consider for example the miserable performance against the Argentinians (who lost due to a biased referee) and especially against the Italians who were close to shooting 4 goals and made 2 perfect ones toward the end of the semi-final. With laziness and sloppiness, the Germans had no chance of winning the semi-finals… that was clear already during the first 15 minutes into the game.
Sonny

Haha did anyone else snicker in childish glee when Ronaldo made that ridiculous pass? I think people are so caught up on portugal’s diving because Ronaldo keeps doing it no matter how much critisism he gets and how obvious it is shown over and over again on the big screen. Most players would kind of take it down a notch.. People usually don’t like arrogant bastards. Henry’s dive was ridiculous and they actually scored from it, but he’s only done it once. Now don’t tell me that penalty he got was a dive, he did get tripped there. (thank you HD cameras)
http://canada tony

hmm ronaldo actually looks to see where the ref is just before he is “apparantly” fouled, does he have esp!
http://dinorider.blogspot.com Dinorider

Cristiano is kinda childish but seems to have a good future!

I know he’s skillful
Sofia

I just feel that Portugal is getting the brunt of it simply because it is Portugal. When have you ever followed the team or really acknowledged them before the last Euro or this Cup? It just bugs me. I agree with you on Ronaldo – it’s beyond annoying – but one player shouldn’t be generating all this hate. And i still don’t think Portugal has been the worst divers – but of course I’m bias.
Sepp

Germany won’t be able to win.
Consider for example the
miserable performance against the Argentinians (who lost due to a biased referee) and especially against the Italians who were close to shooting 4 goals and made 2 perfect ones toward the end of the semi-final. With laziness and sloppiness, the Germans had no chance of winning the semi-finals… that was clear already during the first 15 minutes into the game.
A_US_Brit

Italy 2-1 in extra time. Ribery creates chance for Zidane. Italy has best ball control and touch this year.
Claude

These ESPN announcers suck. Podolski is the only player chosen from the German Second Division. For the record, Podolski was playing for FC Koeln which were in the Bundesliga first division until they were demoted at the end of the season this May. Why don’t they point that out instead of making it sound like Podolski is a second division player.
All Portugal seems to be able to do is foul the Germans outside the penalty box. Sooner or later they will pay the penalty for such tactics. Where is that clean playing Portugal team? Why doesn’t Portugal take out Klose or Lahm the way they took Pele out of the 1966 WC? Portugal has a history of dirty playing going back at least 40 years.
Keyser

hi folks
i think everybody is diving. the referee bouth 2 or 3 nice german dives.
http://blog.coolleen.com/ Col

Yet more good positioning by Ricardo leading to another good save.
Sven

“Portugal has a history of dirty playing going back at least 40 years.”

No it doesnt, it actually has a history of clean playing and fair play.
Keyser

woah claude, you do have a good memory! seriously!
BTW, why is figo not playing?
Sepp, I gree, but argentina didn’t have guts to terminate the game as the italiand did.
http://singapore eve

I am hoping a 2:1 win for Porgual but why isnt there any goal coming?
Lionel

Reading over the blog comments it is hilarious that people thing Portugal are the biggest or only divers. Not having a favorite team or a hated team this year. I’ve seen acting in ALL games on both sides in every game I watch. Unfortunately it seems to be part of the game. Some people have an eye for Portugal so they tend to see theirs. You see what you look for and you ignore that which contradicts your point of view. It’s natural
http://singapore eve

Ger wont get pass Ricardo easily.
footbal-fan

ANother dive from Ronaldo :)))

Common :)
http://singapore eve

what a wasted opportunity for porgual? I hope this match wont end at nil-nil in 90mins .
Lionel

Claude I feel your pain. ESPNs announcers are very limited. They just speak loudly and repetitive to make up for the lack of knowledge

Swtich to Univision or even the Korean station (out here in California) You may not understand antyhing they say but hey, that can be a blessing)
Griff

atleast the japanese ref isn’t buy it
Lionel

Keyser, I hear ya and agree. Over here we were laughing how certain countries have their certain dives. Some like rolling on the ground. Some do the head grab even if their head was no where near the injury, some do the agony wide open mouth routine….I’m like just get up and play!

YESSSS! GOOOOOOOOLLLLLL
Sofia

eve – yea that was. they need to take Pauleta out.
http://dinorider.blogspot.com Dinorider

TOOOOOOOOOOOOR!

Die deutsche haben schon 1 punkt gewinnt!

Ja!
Keyser

Lionel, all this diving will change when players start getting port match suspensions for this sort of conduct. until that moment, it willstay as this.
being argentinean, I’m glad that Ortega’s period in the national team at last ended. the best argentinean diver ever. a stupid dive on his part was the begining of the end for us in france 98;
footbal-fan

I think Scholari trained C. Ronaldo in a way, that he cannot not fall on the ground :)
It became his instinct. Tell me about him becoming a great player :), can you even compare him with Zidane, Henry?
Sofia

Oh no. What was that?!
footbal-fan

GOAAAAALL!!!!!
http://deleted ks

nice shot, schweinie!
footbal-fan

THAT WAS QUITE A GOAL!
Keyser

WOW what a missil.
footbal-fan

Let’s see if Portugal has an ability to score without diving, and begging referee for penalty, red card….
Griff

wow espn is retarded, “watch the pace on this” then they show it in slow motion
http://singapore eve

When is portugal going to equalise? if ger can score, so can they. Por is the better team. They should create more opportunities to score rather than having meaningless possession of the ball!
Sofia

Ugh that was dirty – Ferreira I mean.
Lionel

Whoa, not expecting that….
footbal-fan

GOAAAAAALLLLL!
Sofia

Wow.
Keyser

and this was bad luck
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ricardo is a great goalie but that was a superb shot and he just couldn’t have saved that one.

another one!! goaaaal! Schwiensteiger!
Claude

Portugal turn out the lights, your party is over.
http://deleted ks

sorry. that was own goal by petit.
Sonny

YAY!! Goal Podolski takes a hard hit to the shins and takes it like a man. Portugal would have done a tripple summersault with that one.
http://dinorider.blogspot.com Dinorider

OMG

Scweinsteigger made a second one!

WOW!

what a missil!
http://singapore eve

WAKE UP, PORGUAL!!!
Lionel

Looks like Germany wants it more
Griff

is it justme or is Kahn still the best?
Claude

Lionel the only game I didn’t watch on ESPN/ABC was Italy and Germany. I watched that on the Spanish station (34 in Los Angeles) and that’s the only game we lost. I think there is a message there. LOL.
footbal-fan

Wow, first time I see C. Ronaldo did not fall after jumping in penalty area…

Is he improving?
Sofia

Well, this is unfortunate.
James

Guess we’re not seeing another Klose goal
http://singapore eve

why does Klinnsman take Klose out?
Lionel

Interesting article about World Cup Injuries
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/WorldCup/News/2006/07/08/1674813-ap.html
http://singapore eve

is 5 goals for Klose enough to win the golden boot?
footbal-fan

Klose had small injury, I am surprised he played at all, cosnidering that this is not important match
Keyser

goos thing they boo ronaldo. it will help him as training for when he returns tu england. hope bbc covers his first day back in manchester.
Lionel

Not really pulling for any team but would like to see Portugal score…keep the intensity up
http://singapore eve

scholari should remove simao. he cant make the cut! why is figo sitting on the bench? he should come out! can Por play with more urgency? I am getting frustrated.
http://singapore eve

finally I am seeing Nuno!!! yeah
Sofia

Alleluia, Gomes is coming in.
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why doesn’t pauleta just play instead on calling on handballs that never happened? portugal frustrates me.
Griff

ah yes time to let in the bench warmers in for fun
footbal-fan

Figo is coming in, he is one of only few Portuguese I respect
Keyser

1) flawless match from kahn so far. nice farewell.
2) why isn’t figo not playing? is he injuried?
Sonny

Portugal needs an anatomy lesson… they’re starting to confuse abs with hands
http://singapore eve

Kahn is having an easy time. bet he prefers something more exciting to test his skills. Por can do better!!! Come on!
Sofia

Figo’s stretching…
CA KL LA

the refs do not buy into the diving anymore.. great
http://singapore eve

ok Figo is here. all Ger players please step aside. :-)
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good – pauleta goes, figo on.
CA KL LA

Kahn is great, so glad play. he still has it.
http://blog.coolleen.com/ Col

Yet another good reflex save from Kahn.
Keyser

woah again
another missil
Sofia

Wow, okay this guy is fantastic.
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Schweinsteiger! wow! it’s his day!goooooool!
http://singapore eve

OH NO~!!!
http://blog.coolleen.com/ Col

Beautiful goal by Schweinsteiger.
http://singapore eve

Schweinsteiger is good! Applause. May the better team win.
Aqvamare

why not against italy?

i belief italy get a lucky day against germany, today we get our goals
footbal-fan

Yes, the justice has been served! Portugal has been showed the place where it belongs!

Diving and cheating will not get you far! You might fool Argentinian referee, but you cannot win normally if you dont play footbal
http://dinorider.blogspot.com Dinorider

WAAAAAW

What a german goal! …. and without Petit’s help!

Bastian Schweinsteigger was brilliant.. loads more than Podolski!
Sonny

Kahn is still the man and Schweinsteiger’s got one hell of a cannon! YAY Germany! I’m so happy Portugal is losing.
http://singapore eve

But I dont think Por is playing that badly to get the thrashing. Hope they will get a goal or two. How embarrassing!
Sven

“Diving and cheating will not get you far! You might fool Argentinian referee, but you cannot win normally if you dont play footbal”
you can, France did it.
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portugal was better in the first half i think.
but schweinsteiger changed that.
i still would like to see por score, just so they don’t go home without a goal.
Keyser

and this on was a lucky german save
Sonny

Haha Kahn rocks nothing gets past him. Even if the payed off Germans to score own goals, it wouldn’t work
Griff

all hail Kahn
http://blog.coolleen.com/ Col

Yet another great save from Kahn!! He is really been putting in a fine performance this game.
footbal-fan

Eve – you are actually right, Portgual is playing one of their best game here, and with less diving than in other matches, but ironically they are losing 0:3
Sofia

Kahn is on.
Lionel

I’ll give it to him. I do believe Ronaldo is still playing hard. He’ll grow and learn from this
squiggle

Bravo Figo! Portugal have looked much better since he came on.
Griff

true I will igve christian ronaldo that, and he has 4 more years to learn
Sofia

Oh thank you Nuno. Haha.
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allright!
beautiful pass, good goal. well done portugal.
diver

I think people need to realize that not all dives are made the same. First, players often get tripped/fouled and simply exaggerate the fall and any resultant pain. When this is done well, it’s impossible to tell. This could happen even in the absence of contact, losing balance without there being contact or a foul. Second, players choose not to avoid being tripped and simply go down upon contact that was entirely anticipated and avoidable. This could be active (the diver goes out of his way to make contact inevitable), passive or anywhere in between. Third, players upon contact or after a period of tugging, choose to fall once the situation has been judged unfavorable. This is easier to get away with towards the end of the match, because it’s difficult to distinguish between fatigue and intent. Fourth, players choose to dive to the ground, with no contact and no loss of balance, usually upon losing the ball or entering the penalty area full of defenders.

And when people argue about diving, they often call only the fourth kind diving when they are fans of the particular diver or the team, whereas if they don’t like the team or the player, they point to all four kinds. And some fans of blatant divers (such as Cristiano Ronaldo) point to other players doing one of the first three kinds, even though it’s really his doing the fourth kind that cemented his reputation (and makes it more obvious when he’s caught doing any of the other three). The truth is, practically all professional players do the first three types of diving, but not all players do the fourth. It’s hard to get away with and you look totally ridiculous if you get caught.
Keyser

that was a veeeeeery nice goal. honour saved.
http://singapore eve

YEAH!!! here the goal comes and i know Nuno and Figo will make the difference. :-)
Lionel

Glad they got a score, I know the conclusion is foregone but I like to see players play until the end
http://singapore eve

I hope the whistle will blow now. I bet on 4 goals!
footbal-fan

Diver – very nice post, thanks for the explanation. I guess too many ladies here dont unedrstand these differences, that’s why they are frustrated and think that everyone is picking up on their pretty boy C. Ronaldo
footbal-fan

Figo is good!
Lionel

Figo played well in his limited time on field
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germany has won this one. but i do think that portugal played well. and i am glad they fought all the way to the finish.
Lionel

Being a married man with a wife I adore, can’t say I’m feeling your “ladies generalization” comments footbal-fan
Sofia

What a beautiful moment between Figo and Kahn. Almost as great as the moment with Zidane.
CA KL LA

schweini, the man of the game. 2 goals and 1 assist. great kahn and great grinsi klinsi.
Lionel

eve. have fun collecting your winnings
squiggle

Bravo Khan and Figo.
Lionel

Great Blogging Bob
Sofia

Lionel, I appreciate that.
squiggle

*bows*
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hey, foobal fan,
i don’t like the generalizations about the ladies either. i don’t like ronaldo’s antics and i am a lady. or at least a girl….well, of the female species.
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Bob, thanks for the blogging. you are funny.
see you tomorrow.
Keyser

see you tomorrow people. have a nice eveniing.
shall tomorrow the main team win.
Andreia & Alex

Enjoyable Blog as always. Lionel my son and I appreciate your comment.
http://singapore eve

In any game, take tennis for example, who doesnt prefer the pretty ladies to take the centrestage? that’s human nature, what “woman generalization”? Tell me if there are more pple prefer watching Mauresmo to Sharapova? Dont kid yourself!!!
squiggle

It was a ‘lady’ who finally broke down my resistance to football with her enthusiasm. Well, her and Zidane.
Sofia

ks – same here. for the 34095 time, Ronaldo annoys me.
Andreia & Alex

Meant to say enjoyable blog by Bob as always. Loved reading over MOST of the comments sumbmitted it is great reading things that we didn’t pick up and different point of view. Some of the talk was better left unsaid though.

All in all it has been a good first World Cup for us
Keyser

I like those russians teenagers. but I always had a crush on Steffi Graf’s legs (with this you can estimate my age) :o)
Sofia

Ah I love the World Cup song playing.
http://singapore eve

Thanks Lional. I am going to collect my winnings together with Final match winning I hope. wink wink.
http://singapore eve

I am glad Por didnt disappoint me to pick up a point at the last mins of the game. Whenever they play, I win my bet so I cannot hate them. See you guys again.
squiggle

I think Mauresmo’s cute.
Aqvamare

now the song from 90, when klinsman was the champion
CA KL LA

Also, congratulations to Portugal. You are up and coming… Thank you for being you.
Claude

Again ESPN didn’t show the medal ceremony for third place. Can’t we give the 2010 to some other broadcaster that doesn’t think poker and dominoes are a sport? How about giving it to Fox. ABC has sucked for over 20 years at televising the WC. Back in the 80s they used to interrupt the games for a commercial. Where was Seamus Mellon when we needed him? The whole ABC/ESPN team sucks from Brent Musberger on down. Probably the only one who doesn’t suck is Julie Foutie and she probably prefers bush to a real tree.
heyaj

Why Nuno Gomes didn’t play much in this World Cup?
Claude

What was truly remarkable was the energy shown by the German team. They place 240 minutes of soccer in the last 8 days and you’d expect them to be dead tired. Instead they ran like the Energizer bunny. With the youth on this team, they will be a real threat in Euro 2008 and the WC 2010. I sure hope Klinsi stays. I don’t think anybody in Germany will care anymore that he commutes from LAX to Germany.
dietmar

I think germany has, scored the nicest goals?
CA KL LA

Lol, Claude. You are so right. My sister called me from Germany and ran down the celebration ceremony for me. Angela Merkel hugging, Klinsi. Klinsi all Grinsi. The praise on Kahn who figured it could not be any better if Germany had won the cup. Ballack being happy for his team mates. And, Germany playing with the bench. And also Portugal celebrating with Germany. My sister said, oh I think the Portugese are sooooooo great. What a nice bunch of people.
sandy

Pauleta cost us the WC!!!!!!!!
Pete Bone

A fitting end to Germany’s campaign. Great fans, good team, much better than the sum of its parts. Hope Klinsi stays, unless he gets an offer to manage England(!)
http://jeroldrnpaol..com Ron Passaro

Wonderfull Germany
glad you won the 3rd place
great host, great country
great people today and you proved the world what good sports you are. and i am always happy to visit your country
its beautiful and clean.
LOVE IT.
bye from USA and Best wishes
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flynn

A total and complete ass-whipping.

Well done, Germany.
what!

So i see many people in England complaining about the Wink Ronaldo gave to the ref against England. What the hell was that hand shake about with Lukas Podolski with the ref??? This right after 5 fouls against Portugal that were pretty shitty calls.
What about the “NO” CALLS Portugal got??

Both teams played very well but something about that hand shake was not right!
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J

A very enjoyable WC. I’ve watched many games. Too bad most people in US don’t know the game or even try. Watching it is the only way.

Good job in hosting the WC Germany and congrats on todays win.

As for tomorrow I will be rooting for Italy. Go Azzurri!!!
Claude

Forca Deutschland anyone?
LiverpoolFC

Woohoo!!! Finally a result we all luv, Go Germany, there’s no doubt its the wrong team in the final, no doubt at all. A bunch of cheats ie the Italians, are in the final instead of this great German lineup. Anyway well done vs Portugal and look forward to 2010. You guys have been great hosts and you deserved at least this
PTadept

LOL congrtulations on the funny liveblog! ^^

Congratulations to Germany team as well, they deserve at least this 3rd place for all the work they did in this cup. And as here in Portugal we all know how it feels like to lose at home… im happy for the partying German fans. It was a great game. Maybe i would prefer 3-2 instead as Portugal played great too, but 3-1 is ok :D

Sidenote, Pauleta does suck, last time he actually played was back in 2000. Year when, actually, Portugal won 3-0 against Germany with a hattrick! This game was almost a replay if N. Gomes didnt scored the last one xD Nuno Gomes would have scored much more than Pauleta, he is way better… even Petit scored more than him! xD And another sidenote, that first comment you made at the 45th second isnt very realistic, that team actually deserves a place in the final four. Ronaldo dived too much but not the others… even then, he only over-dived against France :P and he likes to have fun with football… personally i have fun diving, dont know about you. ^^

Cheers and ill be reading you tomorrow! :D
PTadept

I cant stand such comments… such ignorance around.

“Diving and cheating will not get you far! You might fool Argentinian referee, but you cannot win normally if you dont play footbal”

AH what do we have here, Mister “football-fan”? Its more like “ignorant-football-fan”. Portugal played by far one of the best football in this cup and they totally deserve the place on the final four. Not for those arrogant Brits, that need a scape goat and blame them. Portugal players dived as much as ALL the others, EXCEPT for Ronaldo, that didnt dived MORE, but WORST: he is really bad at it and everyone notices. I blame him for that but i dont blame him for being the best young player this world cup. Also how come you say “Figo is the only player i respect in the team”. Thats so ridiculouss even santa wouldnt believe. Like if you know more players there than Ronaldo? Except two or three, all those players are WORLD CLASS either you like it or not, and the few ones playing in lesser teams are now being chased by top ones (like Miguel or Maniche which was borrowed to Chelsea last season.) Anyway you and many others didnt even WATCHED the game, arrogants like you turned the TV on just to see if Ronaldo dives or not. You dont even look at the way they play, or at the dives from any other team. How come you are a “football-fan”? You look more like a kid to me. Saying “cheats wont make you go far” is cr*p, because we already went fartest than you. And guess what, i counted and Ronaldo did dived 3 times, and played an acceptable game, while Podolski dived two but played an awful one.

And for Mister Claude saying

“Where is that clean playing Portugal team? Why doesn’t Portugal take out Klose or Lahm the way they took Pele out of the 1966 WC? Portugal has a history of dirty playing going back at least 40 years.”

Ignorance is your middle name? As far as i know it was Britain that bribed a referee back then. And in three years and a half the team got three red cards: including those 2 in the Netherlands game… the referee responsible for so many yellow cards, 20 cards in 25 fouls? Just cant be. Now… Portugal plays dirty since 66? Where do you have your head? We got Euro 2000 3rd place, Euro2004 2nd before this, where was the dirty playing? Its not my fault that English lost 10 World Cups in a row without winning, you guys should either get real and give up barking like that or get a life. Even if you want Portugal to have such bad “reputation” ingame, England’s “dirty” game OUTSIDE the stadium is not a reputation but a reality.
Arthur

Yep nice game and this is just our b-team, more or less, and 2 of 3 subs made their first wc-appearance, so everyone on the team was able to palay during the wc for at least some minutes. Oli Kahn of course is still one of the best. It seems that Italy had it’s lucky day on tuesday. this german team is meant to be champion, at least their 3rd and the champion of hearts.
Laura

Bob, Gotta tell ya I have so enjoyed your stuff and style. I don’t read you til after the game, but it’s amusing! and of course, I start at the bottom.

Laura
Ps – so glad you got to use “not even Klous”
http://canada tony

pt adept, so your defending the cheating/diving by claiming your player(s)”dive worse,not more”??..are you sure the ref wasnt bribed also? or perhaps it was a fix,yeah,yeah, thats the reason a big fix! gimme a break, the only thing worse than the dives are the excuses!
whatever

Porugal has always played great soccer. As stated we came 3rd in Euro 2000, 2nd in Euro 2004 and made it to the top 4 of 2006 WC.
How do we not derserve to be there. Good game for Germany. Portugal would have been #1 if we did not play Pauleta but we have Euro 2008..so watch out.
If you no ANYTHINg about POrtugal and the player you would know that most play in the top leagues. So to those lore losers, give it a rest.

FORCA PORTUGAL WE DID WHAT 28 OTHER NATIONS COULD NOT DO! WE MADE IT TO THE TOP BEST 4!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://tsn.ca TSN

hahahah portugal SUCKSSSSS
SalMeca

Just a comment::: Where was Canada in this WC for us to be judging which player or Team Suck?? I wonder!!! are we talking by EXPERIENCE????

” TSN ”
hahahah portugal SUCKSSSSS

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Sonny

Diver thank you so much for that post. Now everone understand why “everyone does it” is not a very good excuse for Ronaldo.
JasonM

LiverpoolFC… I couldn’t have said it better myself
BavLion

Klin’s should take the job in america…….. His german performance was fine but others may have done better during the last two minutes of the game against italy…….
Also, Mr. Ballack should take notes from other Captains (Mr. Z) and his team would have won it all!! To bad it was Oliver Kahns last game…… now he truely is a titan and is the reason german was ony a few inches short!
malay

All the games are good but maybe the player are tired of previous club games, for example most italy players play in their own league so there are advantage on them
Claude

PTadebt I didn’t say Portugal wasn’t successful in soccer. What I said is that you guys play dirty and you have for the last 40 years. You knocked Pele out of the 1966 world cup and the number of cards you got this world cup shows you are up to your old tricks. In the last 15 minutes of the first half all your defense could do was foul our players outside the penalty box. It was one vicious foul after another. Portugal had an unbelievable number of yellow cards and don’t blame the ref. Your team chose to retaliate against the Netherlands and paid the price. A classy side wouldn’t have gotten down into the gutter with the Netherlands. The only thing I have in common with England is that they trained in the city of my birth Baden-Baden. Ich bin Deutscher und nicht ein Englaender.
PTadept

The amount of cards was due to the Netherlands game… in 25 fouls the referee showed 20 cards… is that normal? Think! And is there any rule stating that fouls cant be made? Its called a tactic foul. They were playing with 3 defenses, would you let German attack pass through and suffer a goal? ANY team does that unless their players are st*pid. Or is there any team that doesnt commit fouls? Thus, about two of those fouls were dives from the Germans as well. I dont really see the point on this discussion. And whats that “knocked out Pele” bul**hit? Like if it was on purpose, like the Netherlands player that knocked Ronaldo? You dont talk about that? Of course you dont, they are not called “Portugal”. Think and get real, suddenly all teams play clean and Portugal is the scape goat everyone including FIFA. All of the others play clean. Sure! If you are happy thinking that, go ahead because we dont give a sh*t.

And guess what, we are a small country but we dont go so low like all of you and your arrogant press. Today we received our players with thousands of people chanting we are the champions. Even with a loss against Netherlands or England the same would happen. No excuses would have been created from the newspapers and tv channels, and no one would be “banned” from the country. Because, those comments saying we play dirty, are even MORE dirty. But guess what, no one cares, and in two years when everyone forgets your excuses we might think about winning again. Bye and good luck for Italy and bad luck for arrogant France. One of our fans got killed there by the way, for celebrating. Another one in England. But who cares about that?
k

ballack n deco r toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pwner

I just want to say that Oliver kahn the german goalkeeper is The Best goalkeeper to be ever witnessed playing…it was a shame he was second in line ….yet showed game in this battle for 3rd place….i hope he stays on for 2010 World Cup.. By then he will turn 41 years of age and yet he will still be one of the best…ALL HAIL KING KAHN..the pwner of all goalkeepers and goalkeeping itself…i would also like to add that O Kahn is the only goalkeeper to ever receive man of the match award(2002 world cup) hence he is a legend of soccer..and in my opinion should be honoured for what he has acheived…Yes, italy had its luck just scraping through Australia and beating germany 2-0 in whihc Kahn was not playing….Jens Lehmann is no less of a champion himself..he truly showed the world what he is capable of especially against argentina..and i truly beleive he is excellent..but Kahn should of been the starting goalkeeper….I would also like to add it was a shame the czech republic rated 2nd in the world was kicked out first round.. also netherlands rated 3rd in the world…and what about brazil…why wasent it playing so well this world cup……….i just would like to add that france will triumph against all odds..i know that italy has the best defence their is having the best center backs their is..but france has one of the best attackers in the world zidane, thiery henry, viera and so on..so it will be a battle for a title that cannot be missed….VIVA LA FRANCE!!
http://malta-da-rua.blogspot.com/ malta

i’ve say that the correct result would be 1-1 :-) I mean. a bad luck own goal and a strange goal got ’cause of this new funny ball’s… Portugal played very well and dominated Germany for most of the game, even in number of chances to score, but we really had bad luck on those 2 goals. Hev to say too that, bottom line, Scolari’s to defending kinda coach and made some poor choice like N.Valente, Costinha, Pauleta and even Deco who played nothing. Scolari should risk more playing with a lot more guys on the box. Have to say too that, no matter the lucky 2 goals germans had loast night, they played best football in the WC, much better than Italy or France.
http://India Divya

hey PTadept dont u feel TSN & Salmeca ‘ve lost it!!.. by the way.. whrr was Canada in the world Cup scene..??.. hidin behind the Mapel trees somewhere..??!!??.. LOL…
And about Ronaldo’s dives.. he enjoys his game.. n goes on till the very end with confidence all the way. Give him some credit for tht, n wht he did to Rooney was juss ryte.. the baldie deserves it!!! and talkin’ ’bout cheatin.. wht ’bout the hand shake.. as PTadept mentioned earlier.. no one’s raisin a finger to that. the fact is.. all u loser guys out there cribbin ’bout Ronaldo r plane jealous!!.. I’m sure u donn even get out of u’r couches for fresh air.. wht would u know ’bout football..lol…